قبیح

See also: قبيح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبِيح (qabīḥ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qa.ˈbiːh/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.bíːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.bíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.bí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.bíːʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.bíʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qabīh
Dari reading^?	qabīh
Iranian reading^?	ġabih
Tajik reading^?	qabih

Adjective

قبیح • (qabih) (comparative قبیح‌تَر, superlative قبیح‌تَرین)

ugly
Synonym: زشت (zešt)

Antonym: زیبا (zibâ)
obscene, vile, indecent, filthy, foul
Synonym: زشت (zešt)

Antonyms: پاک (pâk), تمیز (tamiz), خالص (xâles)
- 1200s, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, اخلاق ناصری [Nāṣirean Ethics]‎^[1]:
  چون تأمل کنند هیچ کار نبود در دنیا که آن را دو وجه نبود، یکی جمیل و دیگر قبیح، پس وجه جمیل هر کاری طلب کند […]
  čūn ta'ammul kunand hēč kār na-buwad dar dunyā ki ān rā du wajh na-buwad, yakē jamīl u dīgar qabīh, pas wajh-i jamīl-i har karē talab kunad […]
  When one thinks about it, there is nothing in this world which does not have two aspects: one beautiful and one foul. So one should seek out the beautiful aspect of everything […]
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قبیح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim